Archives - Friday 15 August 2008
UW researchers find gene marker for prostate cancer
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 23:39 - http://www.madison.com/Prostate cancer affects one out of six men as they age, and now UW researchers think they have discovered one reason why. Blame it on a misbehaving gene.
AI medical decision support
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 19:39 - http://www.theengineer.co.uk/A research project at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is using artificial intelligence to assist physicians in treating prostate cancer.
Dendreon Begins More Testing of Provenge Prostate Cancer Drug
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 19:34 - http://www.fdanews.com/Dendreon Corp. said it’s begun another phase of trials for its Provenge prostate cancer drug, with 120 patients enrolled.
Testosterone Affects Survival in Advanced PCa
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 17:42 - http://www.renalandurologynews.com/The lower the testosterone level achieved in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for advanced prostate cancer, the better their chances of survival, an Italian study found.
Study Links PSA Levels, Cholesterol
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 17:37 - http://www.renalandurologynews.com/ORLANDO—Serum cholesterol levels may have a role in prostate biology, according to a study.
Consistent PSA Screening Results In Better Prognosis
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 16:19 - http://www.emaxhealth.com/Recently, PSA or prostate-specific antigen, screening made headlines when a US Preventive Task Force recommended that men over the age 75 discontinue screening for prostate cancer. While there is...
Bavarian Nordic Enters into Partnership With National Cancer Institute
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 16:01 - http://www.redorbit.com/Bavarian Nordic's US subsidiary, BN ImmunoTherapeutics, has entered into a scientific partnership with the National Cancer Institute in the US. Under the co-operative R&D agreement, both the...
Alternative Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise in Prostate Cancer Patients
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 15:05 - http://www.nih.gov/New research indicates that giving patients a continuous low dose of an immune system booster, a method known as metronomic dosing, as part of a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine strategy is safe...
Cutting Edge Information's Research Shows Market for Breast Cancer Drugs to Top $40 Billion by 2012
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 14:27 - http://www.marketwire.com/RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC--(Marketwire - August 15, 2008) - The finding comes out of a new study released by market intelligence firm Cutting Edge Information. According to Cutting Edge...
Prostate Cancer Patient Sues Over Late Diagnosis
Published on Friday 15 August 2008 - 14:16 - http://www.renalandurologynews.com/For more than 30 years, most of the patients in Dr. R's thriving primary care practice had been of retirement age. Now that he was 62, they were his contemporaries. Dr. R treated patients the way...
